• Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
LIU Bin, Email: benbinliu@hotmail.com
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Objective  To determine the effects of controlled hypotension (CH) on cerebra1 blood flow, cerebra1metabolism, and cognitive functions.
Methods  Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified from MEDLINE (1966 to 2008), EMbase (1974 to 2008), The Cochrane Library (Issue 2, 2008), CBM (1978 to 2008), and CNKI (1994 to 2008). The quality of included trials was assessed by two reviewers independently. RevMan 4.2.7 software provided by The Cochrane Collaboration was used for statistical analysis.
Results  Nine RCTs involving a total of 295 patients were included. Most of the studies were of poor methodological quality. Meta-analysis was performed because the outcomes were the comparisons of the means of several repeated measures, and so a descriptive analysis was conducted. There were no significant differences in cerebral blood flow velocity, hypoxia-induced metabolites, and cognitive function between the CH group and the control group (P lt;0.05). But the S100B protein level in cerebrospinal fluid or blood was significantly higher in the CH group than that in the control group (P lt;0.02).
Conclusion   CH has no adverse effects on cerebra1 blood flow, cerebra1 metabolism, or cognitive functions. But isoflurane-induced hypotension may increase the release of S100B, indicating worse brain injury. The above conclusions were made from the limited evidence, and more rigorous RCTs are needed.

Citation: WANG Yu,CUI Yu,LIU Xinzhu,LIU Bin. Effects of Controlled Hypotension on Cerebra: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009, 09(1): 88-92. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20090018 Copy

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